A Few Figs From These Thistles

by Millay

Overview

Ah...an Autumn Day... pondering people we've known and loved- Known, loved, lost, and remembered.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012073518
Publisher:	BetAhava
Publication date:	02/02/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	52 KB

About the Author

Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950)From her obituary in Variety, October 25, 1950, was an American lyrical poet, playwright and feminist. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for "Figs from These Thistles" in 1923 (http://www.pulitzer.org/faceted_search/results/millay) and was known for her activism and her many love affairs. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work. Poet Richard Wilbur asserts in Millay, Edna St. Vincent. Selected Poems. Harper Collins, 1991: "She wrote some of the best sonnets of the century."